Dave Douglas | Keystone

The centrepiece of this 2-disc package is Fatty Arbuckle’s 1915 silent film Fatty and Mabel Adrift, for which Douglas has produced a score. Excellently mastered for DVD, the music comes timed to the movie, and runs as a continuous 34-minute package, plus a bonus suite built around other Arbuckle vignettes.

Toumani Diabaté | Boulevard de L'Independence

A DeMille like cast of musicians surrounds kora (harp-lute) master Toumani Diabate on this extraordinary, must-have album. Fifty third in a line of master Malian kora players, guardian of a illustrious musical heritage, Diabete has long showed an eagerness to venture along the side tracks of his ancestors.

Paul Motian Band|Garden of Eden

A mix of bebop tunes, if Mingus counts as bebop, and originals. ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus’ is an easy swinging delight, while Mingus’ tribute to Lester Young ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ is may be the best version I’ve heard.

Mina Agossi | Well You Needn't

Mina Agossi must be considered one of the music’s most compelling voices. On this, her second album for Candid, she demonstrates her singular ability of taking a cover and making it completely her own.